Cheese-press.



N0 MODEL.

No. 731,482. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

I. E. MARSH.

Wiw I Lyaegiz ra m union msumamu a c UNITED STATES.

Patented June 23, 1.903.

IRA ERL MARSH, OF REDHOUSE, NEWV YORK.

CHEESE-PRESS.

SPEGIFICATIONforming part of Letters.Patent No. 731,482, dated June 23,1903. Application filed February 24, 1902. Serial No. 95,386. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA ERL'MARSH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Redhouse, in the county of Cattaraugus and State ofNew,York,'have invented a ne'wand useful Cheese-Press, of which thefollowing is a specification. 7

My invention is an improved cheese-press adapted for use in expressingthe whey from a gang, of cheeses simultaneously; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acheese-press embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view ofthe same.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a horizontally-disposedframe 1, which is here shown as provided with wooden sides 2.

and a head 3, which connects them together at one end. The said frame isprovided with suitable supporting legs orstandards,'of. which one ishere shown at 4. The'inner sides of the side members 2 of the frame inpractice converge toward each other downwardly, and thereby the cheesesin the cheesehoops 5 are adapted to be placed between and supported bythe sides 2.- Under the frame 1 is a longitudinally-disposed inclinedtrough 6 to receive the whey expressed from the cheeses and carry offthe same.

A cross head 7 is secured transversely to and between the sides 2 andinpractice is adjustably disposed therein. During the operation of thepress the said cross-head is immovable. The said cross-head, which formsa nut, is provided with a threaded central opening which is engaged by alongitudinally-movable compression-screw 8. On the same is keyed orotherwise rigidly secured a ratchet-wheel 9. A lever 10 is revolublymounted with relation to the screw and has a pawl 11, here shown asagravity-pawl,which engages the ratchet-wheel. It will be understoodthat by imparting oscillating motion to the lever 10, which is donemanually, the screw may be rotated, and hence-caused to move endwise. Aplunger or follower 12 is here shown as swiveled to the inner end of thescrew. The diameter of said head or plunger, which is circular in form,is such as receive one of the cheese-hoops. 'tice this hoop is made ofwood. A springspring supports 17.

therefrom. A hoop 14, which is carried by the follower 12, forms, ineffect, a flange the interior diameter of which is somewhat in excess ofthe exterior diameter of the cheesehoops, so that said hoop 14 isadapted to In pracpressed follower or plunger 15 is disposed oppositethe plunger or follower 12 and in practice is circular in form, isof'the same diameter as the cheese-hoops, and is made of two woodendisks 15, which are secured together by screws. The spring 16 is acoiled extensile spring, the ends of which bear, respectively, againstthe follower 15 and the head 3. Said head and follower are provided ontheir opposing sides at theircenterswith cylindrical spring-supportingelements 17,wh.ich in practice are made of cast-iron and are secured,respectively, to the head 3 and follower 15, each by a single screw 18."The said screws extend through central openings with which thecylindrical spring-supports are provided. In practice saidspring-supports are of about the same diameter as the interior diameterof the coiledspring 16, the coils at the ends of the spring fittingsnugly around the saidsupport and bearingagainst the head and thefollower 15. In the event that the spring is of insufficient strength asmaller similar coiled spring 19 may be placed therein, in which eventthe ends of the smaller spring will bear against the opposing ends ofthe The function of the spring 16 and the follower 15, as will beunderstood, is to compensate for the slack occasioned by the shrinkageof the curd while the press is in operation and is left unattended, asduring the night, so that a constant pressure is applied to the curd.

Having thus described my invention, I Claim?- I In a cheese-press, thecombination of a supporting-frame, a screw-operated follower having aflange exteriorly engaging the adjacent one of a plurality ofcheese-hoops disposed-in the supporting-frame, a counter-followerinteriorly engaging the adjacent cheese-hoop at the opposite end of thepress-frame, cylin- ICO drical supporting elements upon the oppos- I Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as ing sides of saidcounter-follower and head my own I have hereto afifixed my signature inof the press-frame, a coiled spring exteriorly the presence of. twoWitnesses. engaging said supporting elements and an IRA ERL MARSH.

auxiliary coiled spring disposed Within the Witnesses:

primary coiled spring and engaging the ends THOMAS L. NEWTON, of thesupporting elements.

S. G. BRYAN.

